Aya Ezawa, Ph.D.

University Lecturer, Sociology of Modern Japan
Department of Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University
Arsenaalstraat 1, PO Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)71-527-2548, Fax +31 (0)71-527-2526
E-Mail: a.ezawa@hum.leidenuniv.nl  
 

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Introduction

My research focuses on how the state, through policies and institutions, shapes the experiences of women and families in contemporary Japan. Currently, I am in the course of completing a book manuscript, entitled In Search of the Japanese Family: Gender, Class and the Politics of Reproduction in Contemporary Japan, which examines the character, institutionalization and operation of Japan’s family regime and its inscription in women’s lives. I am also involved in the comparative study of welfare reforms and the recent emergence of ‘workfare regimes.’ Based on research I conducted in 2005-2006 with the support of an Abe Fellowship, I have explored the impact of Japanese reforms on the wellbeing of single mothers. In my next project, I plan to examine poverty, welfare reliance and its reproduction during and after the Heisei recession.

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